"The woman took a step backward. "You must leave this city soon, Daenerys Tar-garyen, or you will never be permitted to leave it at all."
Dany's wrist still tingled where Quaithe had touched her. "Where would you have me go?" she asked.
"To go north, you must journey south.
To reach the west, you must go east. To go forward you must go back, and to touch the light you must pass beneath the shadow" -ACOK -Daenerys III
Working on my HOTU series and re-reading the text ...I've re-read the chapter before Dany enters HOTU ....and it's the chapter with the fire mage and the fire stair and also it's the chapter where Quaithe is telling Dany that misterious text (" to reach north ...etc") for the first time ... and in my head every time I read this bit ...Quaithe has a mask like a mirror ...because the red mask is lacquered...so it's a reflective surface...so I think Quaithe functions ....also...sometimes like a reflection of Dany and her surroundings....like some kind of conscious ...reflecting back at Dany her fears and desires ...
